A trade union leader has called for mandatory reselection of Labour MPs and demanded that unions critical of Jeremy Corbyn pipe down and concentrate their attacks on the Conservatives.
John McInally, vice president of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), also called for public sector workers to co-ordinate their strike action to take on the Government. He made the comments as he addressed thousands of trade unionists at an anti-austerity demonstration outside the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham.
His comments came amid a growing row over calls for mandatory... read more

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